Even though we bought and sold glass for 20 years we had very few Morgantown pieces, nor did we see many at antique shops or estate sales. My folks had some Morgantown amethyst tumblers and ashtrays … [Read more...]
Depression Glass Trimmed with Gold, Silver or Platinum
Last post we looked at elegant glass with gold trim, usually around the rim, and glassware which had the etch picked out in gold, called encrusted. Today let's look at mass produced depression glass, … [Read more...]
Elegant Glass Trimmed with Gold
We've all seen china with gold trim, with delicate gold lines around the rim or heavier gold in the design. Back in the day elegant glass makers also used gold to jazz up their glass offerings, … [Read more...]
Cambridge Apple Blossom – Flowers and Square Motifs
Last post I shared our amber Cambridge Apple Blossom bowl and center handled server that we bought at the 2019 National Depression Glass show. It's beautiful glass and we enjoy it, although I had not … [Read more...]
Roulette Green Depression Glass
Roulette has two rows of vertical little rectangles near the rim, meant to look like a roulette wheel. Hocking Glass made Roulette during the latter half of the depression, 1935-38. It doesn't seem … [Read more...]
Depression Era Glass Sherbet Plates
Last post we talked about sherbets, those lovely pieces of glass, usually stemmed, that people often mistake for saucer champagnes. If you use a sherbet with a stem then you need somewhere to put … [Read more...]
Sherbets – Once Ubiquitous Glass
I recall reading a quote - I think made from a Fostoria executive in the 1970s - saying that their best selling drinking glasses were water goblets and sherbets. I remember buying a wedding gift of … [Read more...]
Cambridge Apple Blossom – Amber Lovely Glass
We went to the 2019 National Depression Glass show and picked up beautiful glass for our personal collection, including two Cambridge Apple Blossom pieces in amber. One was this gorgeous center … [Read more...]
Columbia – Bold Crystal Depression Glass
Somehow Columbia depression glass from Federal rarely made it into this blog even though I had many pieces of it once upon a time. Columbia is a big, bold pattern, usually crystal, and square-ish … [Read more...]
Coin Glass in Beautiful Colors
Fostoria Glass made this beautiful ruby red candle holder most likely in the 1960s or 70s. I got it at an estate sale. Fostoria's Coin pattern is pressed glass, rather heavy, a decorative and … [Read more...]